Sentences with phrase «years of protests from»

The juvenile jail closed in 2011 following years of protests from advocates pushing for criminal justice reform.

The surprising move comes after years of protests from animal welfare advocates who objected to harsh living conditions imposed on the animals by the circus.

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«In our experience, markets tend to over-react to political shocks, as was seen in the example of Tiananmen Square — where the Hang Seng fell 22 % in a single day, losing 37 % from its peak over the entirety of the protest period, before steadily recovering back to previous peak over the following year,» the team wrote.

Macron, who left political rivals reeling when he won power barely a year after launching a new centrist movement, has already rattled his way through an overhaul of French labour rules, in spite of street protests and a pushback from unions.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey took part in demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, live - tweeting updates from the protests of the police shooting of 18 - year - old Michael Brown.

Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos» vision of becoming a tech and media powerhouse, however, has drawn protests from an investor community that for years overlooked its lack of profits because of red - hot revenue growth.

Last year, the FDA approved a pioneering Duchenne treatment from Sarepta Therapeutics (srpt) over the protests of its own scientific advisers who said it lacked proven efficacy.

When the Keystone XL Pipeline, slated to bring especially carbon - heavy tar sands from Alberta, Canada, to the U.S. Gulf Coast, was killed thanks to years of fierce environmental protests, the stakes were raised for the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Public protests over the last two years have highlighted the risks of spills along the route from Alberta to BC's coastal waters, and the climate impacts of building new pipelines to enable massive increases in bitumen production and exports.

So for the past three years, dozens of Christians from GKI and HKBP have been gathering on Sundays to worship in a plaza near the country's national monument and presidential palace as a way to protest the local government's inaction.

However, his opinion is vastly different from the man whose statue was the center of recent violent protests in Charlottesville last year: Robert E. Lee.

Less than fifty years ago nearly the entire student body of CUA went on strike to protest the dismissal of Curran from his post as assistant professor of theology by the CUA Board of Trustees - composed entirely of American bishops.

The country has long been considered a model of tolerance, but religious tensions in the past few years — including the demolition of 20 churches, protests over attacks on Christians by Islamist extremists, and a law requiring minority religious groups to collect signatures from local majority groups before building churches — highlight the country's increasing struggles to maintain harmony between its religious groups.

Last year during Lent, suicide bombings at two churches in Lahore's Youhanabad neighborhood sparked violent protests from Christians angry at their government's lack of protection.

The pipeline was halted late last year by former President Obama after several months of protest from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of Natives.

Even as late as 1937, four years after Heidegger was supposed to have withdrawn from the Nazi party, students at his own university thought it appropriate to protest Nazi denigration of Karl Jaspers by boycotting Heidegger's lectures.

An off - duty LAPD officer fired his gun during an altercation with a 13 - year - old Latino boy and group of teens in Anaheim, California, allegedly because one of the teens walked on his lawn on their way home from school, sparking protests in the area community protested the case.

Indeed, it was Fosdick's influence, along with that of Walter Rauschenbusch and other advocates of the social gospel, that led me to experience considerable alienation from the evangelical community during my years of graduate study on secular campuses in the 1960s, when I joined protests against racial injustice and marched against the Vietnam war.

Years later, the group would dissolve under protests from some of the pastors of individual churches that the upper leadership was too authoritarian.

Jody Bottum referred to the old story of the Holy Cross alumni magazine that showed an FBI agent leading away in handcuffs a priest at an anti-Vietnam protest — with both identified by their graduation years from the school.

The Green family, famed owners of Hobby Lobby who made headlines a few years ago for protesting the Affordable Care Act's birth control legislation, have a reason for acquiring ancient artifacts: They're behind the Museum of the Bible, a new, massive nonprofit museum opening in Washington D.C. later this year full of interactive exhibits, historical Bible - themed items, text and ancient items from Bible times.

It seems to me, nevertheless, that he suffered, at the hands of the BBC This World programme in particular, and the media in general, a profound injustice, and that this injustice was made possible only because it fed into a narrative which Catholics have endured over recent years for the most part without protest, so great has been their numb horror at the seemingly endless procession of abusive clergy who have been dragged from the shadows by police and media.

In my case, retrospection from the sidelines prompted me to remember many instances in my earlier years when my wife had protested my making an extra trip or going to yet another conference, despite my weariness; I always pleaded the importance of the cause that engaged me, and it never occurred to me that I might have been so assiduous in these engagements because the invitations flattered my vanity.

Last year, farmers groups from across Europe were involved in protests and other industrial action as part of plans to draw attention to concerns over the money received for their milk and the difficulty in meeting supplies.

Farmers» groups in Germany, Belgium and Netherlands have all became involved in protests over the last year, which have ranged from spilling milk to boycotting production, as part of calls for a higher basic pay rate for their products.

«How Arsenal respond this summer will be crucial» Admin, please save this article because you will need it next year this time around... This kind of articles are there for long 11 seasons (summers) and the specialist is here doing what his ego tells him to do... I say no, this time ALL fans should stand together and demand more, put more pressure on the board and the manger... This club is a top club and is not a 4th grade anymore... All those who are in UK should do something (protests, show banners, chants, boycott, whatever)... I know there are still fans who support Wenger, but you also should demand more from Wenger, I assume you are discontent with the results and the transfer policy... Doing nothing, our 4th - place trophy is not even guaranteed...

It was as if everything the school had worked for — a three - year turnaround through a federal grant, a revamping of the facilities and extracurricular activities — was erased by a protest that happened to take place directly across from the school's entrance.

Last year, in spite of the criticism from some TV pundits and large sections of Arsenal fans, a very successful protest campaign developed.

I'm guessing that, after years of taking things for granted, last seasons protests along with not getting the full support from the board, must have hit Wenger like a slap in the face with a wet fish.

When he was asked about the protests from certain sections of the fanbase, he said they only come from a tiny proportion of supporters, and he will forgive them (as he does every year!)

It's unclear whether protests will continue for the remainder of this year's WNBA Finals, but being vocal about issues impacting their communities is something we can continue to expect from the WNBA.

The Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is still happy that he went against the protests from Arsenal fans to remove Wenger, and instead offered him a new two - year contract, and the Silent One is still of the opinion it was the right decision although it was difficult to decide at the time.

I started googling way back in may who could we be buying gonzalo higuian, julio cesar and wayne rooney but realize going by history wenger just as no interest in buying world class players, he wants 2 buy d grade players and turn them up to koscienly nd nasri that will take years while da arsenal faithful pay handsome figures for dismal performances, fans allowed wenger 2 get away when he gets away with these lucky matches of fenerbache been strong on paper but a waste of tym on the pitch, also it happen at bayern but they put a slighty weak team but wenger runt his mouth around of how good da team was after that 2 - 0 win, not forgetting it was bould that got the team defense looking solid while wenger moan about referee decisions and no blame on team, I just feel we (arsenal) have allowed wenger and co to misuse us, so now our main target aim is benzema yet giroud plays more often than him for france, can any1 see how wenger is lowing our standards and expectations at arsenal, I wil be over da moon if wenger does not sign an extension wit us, after the gilberto days and disaterous results and teams we play, his approach to the game defensely which is pathetic and his annoying behaviour.So what if manu and chelski haven't really bought they are already strong it was seen last week now we should be worried about our selves since that villa defeat, jst imagine what the man's and london money maniac's are goin 2 do to us, I can see it already coming from wenger, if we find the right player we will buy him, after sept2, we didn't find da right player but the squad can challenge for the title, its so sick having 2 hear that crap, just take him psg, I just wish the fans would say we had enough of this bullshit transfer policies its time we stood up against these pigs of directors by protesting!

The Frenchman extended his contract by a further two years earlier in the summer despite protests from a section of fans for him to step down.

But Nestlé has no shame — the following year, when the Guardian newspaper reported that Breakthrough Breast Cancer had refused a # 1 million donation from Nestlé on ethical grounds, Nestlé sent a letter to the newspaper dismissing criticism of its baby food marketing and claimed it was a force for good in the world, citing the donation made to Ethiopia — of course, it did not mention that that the donation came about not because of Nestlé altruism, but because of campaign protest.

Your three - year - old's vivid fantasy life will help her explore and come to terms with a wide range of emotions, from love and dependency to anger, protest, and fear.

Seven rough - sleepers could have faced up to two years in prison after being accused of breaching an injunction which bans them from sleeping in tents in protest against the city council's homeless policy.

Despite the unseasonable time of year, Tuesday saw the BMF amongst the hundreds of riders from all over Europe who converged on the European Parliament building in Brussels to protest at the latest raft of motorcycle related Type Approval Regulations emanating from the European Commission.

Last year, the deployment of a US missile defence system in South Korea caused vehement protests from China, because the system was allegedly directed not against Pyongyang but Beijing.

And during a time of general economic turmoil, we have had countless concerns voiced earlier this year about the rising Olympic budget from the likes of PAC chair Margaret Hodge to public protest groups such as Our Olympics and the Counter-Olympic Network.

The IDC has been provoking howls of protest from progressives for years.

For the past four months the Guardian has joined English Defence League demonstrations, witnessing its growing popularity, from protests attracting just a few hundred hardcore activists at the end of last year to rallies and marches which are bringing thousands of people on to the street — and into direct conflict with the police and local Muslim communities.

A report from the chief inspector of prisons last year found an increase in the number of self - harm incidents at the centre and a significant number of detainees refusing to accept food in protest at their conditions.

Children from Hoosick Falls, N.Y., protested last year in Albany about the drinking water in their town, where water wells, at right, were contaminated with high levels of perfluorooctanoic acid.

From the first time he came to mainstream media's attention in 1994 proclaiming that the Gay Games in New York that year would spread AIDS in the city, to his resignation from the Civilian Complaint Review Board because of the constant protest from the LGBT community, to his attacks on the Harvey Milk School and his bussing in evangelical Christians from the tri-state area to stage a protest against gay marriage on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse, he has crusaded against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communFrom the first time he came to mainstream media's attention in 1994 proclaiming that the Gay Games in New York that year would spread AIDS in the city, to his resignation from the Civilian Complaint Review Board because of the constant protest from the LGBT community, to his attacks on the Harvey Milk School and his bussing in evangelical Christians from the tri-state area to stage a protest against gay marriage on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse, he has crusaded against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communfrom the Civilian Complaint Review Board because of the constant protest from the LGBT community, to his attacks on the Harvey Milk School and his bussing in evangelical Christians from the tri-state area to stage a protest against gay marriage on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse, he has crusaded against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communfrom the LGBT community, to his attacks on the Harvey Milk School and his bussing in evangelical Christians from the tri-state area to stage a protest against gay marriage on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse, he has crusaded against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communfrom the tri-state area to stage a protest against gay marriage on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse, he has crusaded against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Specifically, the Jimenez and the Coalition, which held a similar protest at the new stadium in early June, want: the old stadium torn down by the end of the year; one represtentative of their organization on the advisory board that distributes the $ 800,000 in community funds; the replacement parks to be built safe and green (no artifical turf, they say); and for the community to share in the profits of memorabilia sold from the old stadium.

Even after a grand jury decided not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, sparking nationwide protests, the case promised to drag on for years thanks to a federal civil rights investigation, internal NYPD probe, and civil suit from Garner's family.

While the coverage of the march ended up being marred by the violence, it doesn't mean they didn't damage the government, in fact the two student protests last year that ended in violence also hit government support — though the poll effect is probably more from the reminder of unpopular policies and opposition to them, than the violence itself!

LICH was closed despite two years of protest, and pleas from advocates that Cuomo use state funds to keep it open.

He has caved in to pressure from his Lib Dem coalition partners and a storm of protest over the crackdown, aimed at saving # 2billion a year.